Project implemented between May - August 2022 by the MozaiQ, the FILIA Center, and the E-Romnja Association, funded by Oxfarm GB.
Specific objectives:
→ Mapping the roads undertaken by Roma, LGBTQIA+, women, and GBV survivors from Ukrainian/Moldovan borders to enter Romania, within Romania, and onwards to other European countries, as well as the services available in Romania and other European neighbouring countries.
→ Safe relocation for refugees from vulnerable groups from Ukraine on the way to Romania, within Romania, and onwards to other European countries by linking beneficiaries with organisations supporting LGBTQIA+, women, GBV survivors, and Roma women in other countries.
→ Monitoring the risks vulnerable groups are exposed to in terms of discrimination and safe and equal access to basic and protection services (food and non-food items, information, dignity, safe shelter, healthcare, legal aid, mental health, and psychosocial support).
→ On a case-by-case basis, providing social, psychological, medical, legal services and emergency support (such as cash, food supplies, and other necessities) or redirection to specialised protection services.
What we have accomplished:
→ mapping the refugee centers and the offered services, focusing on Roma refugees from Ukraine;
→ visiting refugee centers and identifying Roma refugees;
→ identifying the Roma refugees' needs;
→ redirecting cases we were not able to cover (cases of people with disabilities,
people suffering from mental health issues, substance abuse, aggressors or victims of domestic violence, aggressors or victims of gender-based violence) to other non-governmental organizations;
→ offering emergency kits for the following categories: Roma women refugees, Roma men refugees, and Roma children refugees;
→ offering vouchers;
→ offering cash for certain categories, according to some established criteria;
→ supporting anti-discrimination workshops addressed to Roma refugees from the refugee centers;
→ organizing anti-discrimination and intersectionality workshops addressed to different categories of workers and volunteers from the refugee centers working with Roma refugees;
→ legal counselling and representation for different situations or identified needs in the refugee centers;
→ providing interpretation in Romani, Ukrainian, and Romanian languages for refugees to access different services.